Book excerpt: Beneath the Surface
This section of Lynn M Thomas’ history of skin lighteners considers Steve Biko’s role in raising consciousness and pushing the
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Month: May 2020
Book Excerpt: Being Black in the World
Chabani Manganyi carefully reflects on black consciousness, defining it as having mutual knowledge of the thoughts, feelings and impressions of
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A tricky legacy: How Fela lives on in pop stars like Wizkid and Wyclef
Fela Kuti remains Nigeria’s most famous musician. He pioneered Afrobeat – a genre-blending jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, traditional West African
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New Books | Necropolitics
Achille Mbembe investigates how death structures the concepts of sovereignty and the political, theorising that the human becomes a subject
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Xenophobia on the rise as Covid-19 roils the planet
Racist and xenophobic politicians have abused the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent national lockdowns to bang the drum for their chauvinism
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Why Africa must invest more in science research
IN ORDER to achieve an African of their dreams, countries of the continent need to invest more in and prioritise
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Africa needs better science capacity to meet environmental challenges
COLIN CHAPMAN and PATRICK OMEJA HUMANITY faces unprecedented environmental challenges. Nowhere are the challenges greater than in Africa, the second
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Senamile Masango: a scientist on a mission
OWN CORRESPONDENT ON APRIL 26, 2002 Senamile Masango’s heart broke into a million pieces. As South Africa and the rest
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Esther Ngumbi: Steering harm away from the farm
JOVIAL RANTAO GROWING up in a small village in Kenya, Esther Ngumbi experienced first hand the full impact of insect
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Dr Rose Leke: Queen of immunology
JOVIAL RANTAO THE signature at the bottom of the email oozed with confidence and the boldness of an African lioness.
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